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The elevator doors opened and I bit back a curse. Our friends had such great timing. Damn them. I sighed and pushed myself up to a standing position, careful to hold on to the railing. But Piper hesitated.
“Ready to go?” I held out my hand.
“Um…” Piper stared at my hand and slowly nodded, taking mine. “Okay.”
She was so warm to the touch. Sparks flew through my body, but I couldn’t focus on that, not with us precariously stepping off the ledge. I kept a hand on her back the whole time, easing her back to the rooftop before anyone noticed.
“You didn’t forget the guac, right?” Zariah’s voice echoed on the rooftop.
“June’s bringing it,” Kassie replied.
I gestured for Piper to walk out first, and she watched me for a moment before heading off to the others. Then I adjusted my hoodie, following after her. Zariah almost dropped an aluminum plate of brownies off the table before I grabbed them out of the air.
“Oh my god, where has your big ass been?” Zariah demanded. “I have to carry things by myself? What year is it?”
“Is there more stuff downstairs?”
Zariah shook her head. “Of course not. We’re all going to be cool with a plate of brownies, some chips, and soda.” She grinned at me. “Yeah, there’s stuff downstairs.”
I threw her a grin too, trying to avoid how my stomach wouldn’t unclench. “Good, I’ll grab it.”
“I’m coming too,” Piper hurried to say.
“No,” burst out of me, and all three girls looked up.
Piper and I couldn’t be alone in an elevator together right now. The more distance we had between each other, the better. If I had her in the elevator alone, I didn’t know what I was going to do. Probably something fucking stupid.
“No—uh—” I cleared my throat. “You stay and help out. I’ll be right back.”
“Okay…?” Piper said, but I was already halfway to the elevator, pushing the button as hard as I could.
With the movie night, I’d be on my best behavior. We were surrounded by all our friends that we saw twenty-four hours a day. I wouldn’t do anything stupid. I’d be the perfect gentleman I never bothered to be before.
The elevator doors opened, revealing King, carrying as much as he could in his arms.
“Where’s the rest of it?” I asked. “Is your truck parked outside?”
His eyebrows lifted as soon as he saw me. “We can carry the speakers.”
We headed out to his truck, where there was a line of football players taking junk food and crap out of the bed, but he passed off everything he had to someone and the two of us went to the speakers. They were from Kassie’s collection and heavy as shit.
“What the hell is in these? Dumbbells?” I snorted, shuffling them to the elevator with him.
King didn’t say anything and when I looked at him, his eyebrows were raised even higher.
I frowned. “What?”
His eyebrows pushed another inch up.
“No, she’s fine,” I answered his unspoken question.
We heaved the speakers into the elevator and took our place inside, King remaining silent.
“I said she’s fine,” I said, irritable.
He made a noise at the back of his throat.
“No, there’s nothing between Piper and I,” I retorted, annoyed that I even had to say it out loud. It hurt enough to think about. Why was he being a dick about it? “Goddamn, you love shoving into other people’s business.”
